Platen-carriage of type-writers.



Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23. 1914.

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Be it iz'n'owii time if, HERBERT Ememm, :i 's'iiijjeoi, of? the Kiiig of Engiene lgresfiimg iii Wimiiiedon Park, in .fzhe eoeriicy of iiiTTj75 Engiaii'd; new ime sited mam new we were improvemenes in Pimtem-fler rieges of Type-W'riiers, of Whioii isiie feiaiming is; n spec'ifieaizieie.

Ti'ie present ihvenii on reieiies 6o impreve merits in detachable pieben carriages of "eypevrieers having deizaehin'g me .i's e13 type whieii comprises seeps open moeiiine frame, coiiperating: parts on the home? which engage seioi mops end iie ireme the earriege-iioie er Wile}; iii ms in register, these ieeingg seerrflnged eiizie ehe cei'ri -soi ier is removed siiding ii p'areiiei F eeij'izi'eehi meeiiiiie frame.

This im'enieion is eppiied to deiaeeimbi'e meisge-eoieieis of like iype in wimieh iti'ie rumi'ers for me iiiaffien earrizige eorieiimi/e fine ioizgiiu'dinei members the hoifier, and are joined as: eiieir ends shore enei pieces or were.

iihe present iiii'eniio'm comznrises 'e wzypeweer saving a mean 631Tag-ilid2 of him izype describe emi stops mi she frame ii ere engegin leeiw of the carriage ii'oieier so sirrmnge be brought into means to ioei:

ieeiriiig posiiien by slide ing; it pmraiiei with ierre of file adjaeem machine frame, wherein recessmi lugs are provided} on the carriage holder to reeeive'eiie seeps, and iatehies are provided to draw ihe earrimge-hoieier herd so ainst the seeps There may he provider? springs iri'iieh norms-Hy hold fzhe Fetches in iz'iieir engaging position. 1

According to a feaizure of ihe im'emzion the leeches we also be draw the carriagiioider firmly down upon the machine frame, ehis result being obeeimedl in iiie iiiustrei'ed construction by means of beveled por'te on iiie latches, eithou' h obviously the beveled pares mighvequal y Weii he ioeeiemi upon rile stops.

The various features of the invention will mow be described with reference to flue eccompzmying drawings, but it is $0 be understood that this is in gray ofiexempiifioation and not of limitation, since the construction and arrangement of? perm might Bpeefifieeeion o? ieetere Edema e emeeeoe em es. es.

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A which ifonSfcill 'ss were Fig. 2. The iiese e2? Zioider comprises two eases E upon which are moun'ieci two ion incline gmioie bars B which ihe piere n eerrier is ed for iongiwdinai movement As the eoni'ieeiiii'g eieviees ea: eaeix e216: o she carriage hoid'er are simiier, ie Wiii necessary to deso'riise oniy one and this eeeomiiligiy 'Wiii be done.

The end piste i3 is provides writes iug Wioicii has a recess 18 in which flee semi A is see ed Yio eioseiy so theta iae head A will overlie the lug B Tine enfi plaice has pivoted to iii 7 iaecii C which carries er, its end shook the parts being so propm tioiiec'i 11m: whee ii-1e earriagehoider is in proper position on e imp pixie the machine the hook may swung about its pivoia o umleriie she heeei A of she stuoi. To goroviiie for-ease in operaiaiori the end piste B is recessed aio 4 i0 wire :2 eoiieci sprig one end of which is fitted into a hoiein file bottom of the recess, iiie OiZilfiI' end iying in another hole in the latch C, the ermngemem being such that fiche spring. normeiiy bends so force ine latch in a direcision i0 underlie eiie heed A A pin B iimiis-ihe movememe in this direction. To move the iezcch in she reverse direciiom ie-ims an arm 0 projeceing from iii; which carries or ies ouier end a finger piece 6% so that the operaeor iay pressing the finger piece may remove eke book from under time oy means of a pin C head of the stud and so permit the carriagelatches pivoted on the carriage-holder near holder to be slid away from the stud A. its ends, each having a wedging surface and 60 In order that the ,entrance of the ints each being movable to engage a stop bysaid' of thehook under the head of the stu may surface and draw the carriage-holder toward be facilitated, these oints are beveled at C. said stop, and springs on sa'd latches tend- It is to be noted t at as the hook moves ing always to move them into their engagfarther and farther under the head A. it ing positions, substantially as set forth. 56

will, by reason of the beveled or curved un- 3. In a typewriter'the combination of a der side of the head, force the carriage frame, stops thereon, a detachable carriage- 1o holder down into close contact with the to holder comprising runners connected by endplate of the machine, thus providing a rigi plates having lugs which extend parallel attachment. with the frame near the. sto s and are re- 60 In detaching the carriage-holder from the cessed at an edge to receive't 'e stops asthe top plate of the machine the two finger carriage-holder is moved into osition, pieces C are pressed inwardly so that the latches pivoted on the carriage-hol er near I ooks C are forced from underneath the its ends, each having a wedging surface and heads A of the studs- A. The platen careach being movable to engage a stop by said as ria e-holder is then slid along the top plate surface and draw. the carriage-holder .to- A n the direction of the arrow in 1, ward said sto additional wedgifig surfaces and is thereafter lifted bodily away om being provi ed operative between said .the top plate. This preliminarfi movement latches and a part operatively connected to in the direction of the arrow in ig. 1 clears the frame to press the carriage-holder firmly 70 the carriage-holder from the ribbon mechadown upon said frame, substantially asset nism so that the tendency of the carriageforth.

holder in the hands of a careless operator 4. lma typewriter the combination of a to contact with and "damage the ribbon frame, stops on said frame projecting theremechanism is considerably lessened. from and having heads, a detachable car- I" What I claim as m invention and-desire riage-holder comprising runners connected to secure'by Letters atent isby end plates having lugs which extend par- 1. In a typewriter the combination of a a lel with the frame near the stops and are" frame, stops thereon, a'detachable carriage-- recessed at an edge to receive the stops as holder comprising runners connected by endthe carriage-holder is moved into position so plates having lugs which extend parallel with and latches pivoted on the carriage-holder the frame near the sto s and are recessed near its ends, each having two wedging surat an edge to receive t e stops as the carfaces, one engaging the side of a stop to riage-holder is moved into position, and draw the carriage-holder toward it and the latches pivoted on the carriage-holder near other engaging the underside of the head its ends, each having a wedging surface and of the stop to force the carriage holder each being movable to engage a stop by said firmly down upon said frame, substantially no surface and draw the carriage-holder toas set forth.

ward said stop, substantially as set forth. lln testimony whereof I have signed my 2. in a typewriter the combination of a name to this specification in the presence of frame, stops thereon, a detachable carriatwo subscribing witnesses.

holder com rising runners coec by-endi I eaplates having lugs which extend parallel HERBERT ETHERIDGE' with the frame near the sto s and are N Witnesses: cessed at an edge to receivet e-stops as the. Hanna B. we.

carriage-holder is moved into. position, A. J. @owme/ 

